March 14, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy
AP - Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effect
March 14, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy
HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Repairing a torn knee meniscus at the same time as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is safe and effective in children, a new study finds
March 14, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy, Preventive
HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Hopes that two available drugs could help prevent diabetes and the problems it causes in overweight people with poor sugar metabolism have been dashed
March 14, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy, Preventive
AP - Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent h
March 13, 2010 / Healthy Life
Too many people in England receive poor quality out-of-hours doctors' services, the Patients Association has warned. In some areas, a fifth of patients described the service as "poor" or &q
March 13, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Good news for women who have used birth control pills: A long-term study finds that those who took oral contraceptives at some point in their lives hav
March 13, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- A new type of urine test shows that eating plenty of garlic may lower levels of a cancer-causing process within the body. Read more from the origi
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Healthy Life
By Jane Elliott Health reporter, BBC News When hepatitis C was first discovered 21 years ago, Nafeica Wafaquani was herself just 21. She knew nothing of the virus and was by her own admission living
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Children with behavioral problems are at increased risk for chronic pain when they reach adulthood, new Scottish research has found. More here:
March 12, 2010 / Cancer, Medical Blog, Pregnancy
Reuters - Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame
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